Advanced Portfolio Training at Marist College

Start: December 10 9:00 am
End: December 11 5:00 pm
Timezone: America/New York
Location: Poughkeepsie, NY

Marist College is hosting an advanced Sakai portfolio training on campus in Poughkeepsie, NY, December 10-11, 2009.

We have tried to keep costs low to just cover expenses: $750 per attendee for the two days training, including lunch and refreshments. We have 10 attendees so far and are capping it at 20, so it will be very intimate and focused experience. To register, please email nate.angell@rsmart.com to reserve your spot and arrange payment details.

The training will be led by Sean Keesler and Janice Smith of Three Canoes, whose expertise is based on years of successfully implementing portfolios in a variety of educational contexts. Sean and Janice offer a functional and technical training package that has proven successful in numerous venues and attends to the individual needs and learning styles of each participant.

The training follows a free, part-day general interest K-20 portfolio Innovations event at Marist the day before the training, 11am-4pm, December 9, 2009. We encourage training participants to attend the Innovations event as an opportunity to meet portfolio practitioners from other institutions and engage with portfolios from institutional and functional perspectives.

Training Prerequisites

• A working understanding of XML, XSL and XSD.
• A computer with OxygenXML installed (the trial version is fine) or another XML IDE of your choice. The instructors will be using OxygenXML.
• A sakai instance to work on. A QA server, free Try Sakai account or your own server would work. The instructors will be working with Sakai 2.6, but versions back as far as Sakai 2.4 should present no significant issues.

Training Agenda

Spend two concentrated days acquiring understanding and expertise in Sakai portfolio tools, data structures and how they work together to enact portfolio experiences. The goal of this training is to promote self-sufficiency in using Sakai portfolio tools for specific institutional purposes.

Desired participant outcomes include:

• An overall understanding of how the Sakai portfolio tool suite can be customized to accomplish a range of educational purposes.
• Enhanced expertise in the use of the XML stack to build portfolio data structures.
• Success in creating portfolio forms using Form Builder, XML schema in Oxygen, and custom form renderers.
• Step-by-step experience in building a portfolio template using a pre-prepared generic design that can be extended to match specific institutional needs.
• Integration of portfolio knowledge and skills into strategic planning for specific institutional purposes.
• Significant process in developing a portfolio template tailored to the needs of each participating institution.

Training Schedule

• 12/10 Morning: Functional and technical overview of the portfolio tool suite; planning your portfolio implementation.
• 12/10 Afternoon: Updating your expertise in using XML and Oxygen; creating forms with Form Builder and as XML schema in Oxygen.
• 12/11 Morning: Building a portfolio template using Oxygen and a pre-prepared template design that can be modified to meet your institutional needs.
• 12/11 Afternoon: Integrating portfolio knowledge and skills to build a portfolio template for your institution.

Seating is limited to 20 participants!

Join us 9am-5pm ET, December 10-11, 2009 at Marist!